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Persuasive Writing Features

Read each prompt carefully. For writing tasks, give reasons that support your opinion and use linking words.

Recognising persuasive writing

1.What is the main job of persuasive writing?

To convince a reader to consider or agree with a viewpoint
To list the steps for making something
To tell an invented adventure
To describe the appearance of a place

2.Read: “I believe our robotics club should enter the technology showcase because it would let us share our inventions.” What viewpoint does the writer express?

3.In the same sentence, what reason supports the viewpoint?

Persuasive features

4.Select all the features that could help make a persuasive paragraph convincing.

A clear viewpoint
Reasons that support the viewpoint
Linking words such as “also” and “for instance”
A final sentence that sums up the argument
Rhyming words in every sentence

5.Match each persuasive writing feature to the example that best fits it.

Viewpoint opener
Linking word
Concluding phrase

because
I feel that every team should test its robot.
For these reasons, the club should take part.

Build persuasive sentences

6.Complete the sentence using the word from this list: believe, because. I our club should build a robot that can sort recycling.

7.Complete the sentence using the word from this list: because, therefore. A robot that sorts recycling could help reduce waste it would make separating materials easier.

8.Complete the sentence using a suitable linking phrase from this list: for instance, therefore. A robot can follow carefully planned instructions. , it can repeat a task accurately.

9.Complete the sentence using a suitable concluding phrase: , the showcase is a great chance for us to share our work.

10.Write a final sentence that sums up this viewpoint: “Our robotics club should have a weekly testing session. Testing helps us find problems early, and it gives everyone a chance to improve the design.”

Plan and write an argument

11.Ari wants the robotics club to hold a demonstration for whānau. Give one viewpoint supporting Ari’s idea and two different reasons for it. Include a linking word in each reason.

12.Plan a short persuasive paragraph arguing that the robotics club should make a robot that helps with a useful task. Write a viewpoint, two supporting reasons, and a concluding sentence.

13.Using your plan, write a persuasive paragraph about the useful-task robot. Include a clear viewpoint, two reasons, linking words, and a concluding sentence.